The referendum result was a surprise, but what has been shocking has been the political reaction. Resignations aplenty, MPs voting en masse against their conscience, threats to dissolve the Lords, attacks on our judiciary for upholding the law, an unelected PM attempting to ignore democratic accountability and prevent any public debate while repeating "the will of the people". The same PM who in pursuit of a trade deal throws herself at the feet of a protectionist demagogue while repeating the mantra"free trade".
I voted Remain, and would vote that way today. If you voted Leave then I respect your freedom to make that choice. Leave gained a fraction more votes, so it is right that that should be the focus, but why is it that such a vitally important negotiation is in the hands of an unelected PM who refuses to ask what sort of Brexit we want, who refuses to tell us what she is going to ask for, who refuses to give us a choice - only that if we don't take what we are given then we will just crash out of the EU with no agreement.
Why is Mrs May adamant that she wishes to be out of the EU within the next two years? Why has a lukewarm Remainer become a Hard Brexiteer? Why has she squashed debate and fought legal safeguards in her stampede for the Brexit? She won't get the best deal for Britain this way, and her "just-about-managing" constituents will not welcome the economic hit.
We are told that Brexit is about immigration and sovereignty - well, it is for Mrs May but I don't know about the Leave voters. Who asked them?
I voted Remain, and would vote that way today. If you voted Leave then I respect your freedom to make that choice. Leave gained a fraction more votes, so it is right that that should be the focus, but why is it that such a vitally important negotiation is in the hands of an unelected PM who refuses to ask what sort of Brexit we want, who refuses to tell us what she is going to ask for, who refuses to give us a choice - only that if we don't take what we are given then we will just crash out of the EU with no agreement.
Why is Mrs May adamant that she wishes to be out of the EU within the next two years? Why has a lukewarm Remainer become a Hard Brexiteer? Why has she squashed debate and fought legal safeguards in her stampede for the Brexit? She won't get the best deal for Britain this way, and her "just-about-managing" constituents will not welcome the economic hit.
We are told that Brexit is about immigration and sovereignty - well, it is for Mrs May but I don't know about the Leave voters. Who asked them?
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